1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp b/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
index 8252af3ee6..cd1b27490d 100644
--- a/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
@@ -75,7 +75,10 @@ CTxMemPool& EnsureMemPool(const util::Ref& context)
 ChainstateManager& EnsureChainman(const util::Ref& context)
 {
     NodeContext& node = EnsureNodeContext(context);
-    return EnsureChainman(node);
+    if (!node.chainman) {
+        throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INTERNAL_ERROR, "Node chainman not found");
+    }
+    return *node.chainman;
 }
 
 /* Calculate the difficulty for a given block index.